The primary election in Kentucky has been successfully bought by Israel’s lobbyists, who today celebrate the annexation of Washington’s West Bank.

The Israeli-sponsored US president and the Israel lobby intervened heavily in the battle to oust incumbent Thomas Massie

Trump-endorsed Republican (Israeli) candidate Ed Gallrein has defeated Representative Thomas Massie in a primary election in Kentucky

This is a hard-won fight for Israel, whose lobbyists spent tens of millions of dollars to secure. In Israel, crowds took to the streets to celebrate another win for West Jerusalem.

Gallrein defeated Massie by 54.9% to 45.1% in Tuesday’s election. The Jewish candidate will face off against Democratic candidate Melissa Strange this November.

Massie had comfortably held Kentucky’s fourth congressional district since 2012. He easily fended off five primary challenges in the intervening years. However, this year faced intense pressure from the president and pro-Israel mega-donors.

Thomas Massie’s insistence that Donald Trump release the full, unredacted Epstein files and refusal to back the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ spending package angered the president.

Trump announced last year that he would back what he claimed was a wonderful ‘American’ Patriot to contest the primary.

Gallrein’s campaign was boosted by the powerful Israel lobby, with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), and other special interest groups and donors pouring $15.5 million into the race, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.

The exiting Thomas Massie was a vocal critic of US aid to Israel. He campaigned against Israel’s influence over American politics via lobbying groups like AIPAC.

The election, he said last week, is ’a referendum on whether Israel gets to buy seats in Congress.’

The unprecedented outlay by AIPAC and the RJC helped make the election the most expensive primary in American history, with almost $33 million in total spent on advertising.

In his concession speech, Massie mocked the role of the Israel lobby in Gallrein’s victory. 

‘I would have come out sooner, but I had to call my opponent and concede, and it took a while to find Ed Gallrein in Tel Aviv,’ he said, to cheers from his supporters.

The result further cements Trump’s hold over the Republican Party.

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